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Flood of '93 in the Midwest
Mississippi and Missouri Flooded -
Run OJ, RUN
On June 17th, OJ fled from the police which ended up at his mansion where he surrendered. -
The Oklahoma City Bombing
168 people were killed in the bombing of a federal building in Oaklahoma City. -
Flight 800 from New York crashes
Killing all aboard. -
Scientists cloned Dolly the sheep
Dolly the cloned sheep was cloned by scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. -
Clinton admits to Lewinsky affair
President held a press conference to admit to having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky -
Columbine Tragedy
two students go on a shooting rampage in Columbine High School. They kill 12 students, 1 teacher and themselves. -
U.S. sailors
U.S. sailors on Navy destroyer Cole die in Yemen terrorist explosion. -
September 11, 2001
2 planes flew into the twin towers another in the pentagon and one more crashed in a field -
U.S. and Afghan Troops
U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda against remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. -
U.S. and Britain
U.S. and Britain launch war against Iraq. -
U.S. Troops
U.S. troops attack on Falluja, stronghold of the Iraqi insurgency -
London
London hit by Islamic terrorist bombings, killing 52 and wounding about 700. It is Britain's worst attack since World War II. -
Saddam
Saddam Hussein is convicted of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi court (Nov. 5), and hanged in Baghdad -
30,000 Troops
The U.S. begins its "surge" of some 30,000 troops to Iraq to stem increasingly deadly attacks by insurgents and militias -
$163,000
Three men wearing ski masks steal four pieces of artwork from the Zurich Museum in one of the largest art robberies in history. In broad daylight, the robbers took a Cezanne, a Degas, a van Gogh, and a Monet, with a combined worth of $163 million -
Obama
Dec. 18: President Barack Obama announces that the U.S., China, India, Brazil, and South Africa have reached an agreement to combat global warming.
